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2020 FIA Formula One World Championship
2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain
Sunday, 6 December 2020
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen will be targeting another podium finish at the
Sakhir Grand Prix.
The Belgian star's hopes of finishing second on the 2020 Drivers' Championship standings are still alive.
Verstappen finished second in the latest race which was the Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend.
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The Bahrain Grand Prix was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton as he continues to dominate this season.
While Verstappen's teammate Alexander Albon secured a third spot finish as Red Bull enjoyed a successful weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit.
The reigning Formula One world champion Hamilton remains at the top of the Drivers' Championship standings having successfully defended his title.
Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas and Verstappen are placed second and third respectively on the standings with two races left.
There is a 12-point gap between Verstappen and Bottas heading into the Sakhir Grand Prix.
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Verstappen believes he had a good chance of winning the Bahrain Grand Prix, but he lost out because of a slow pit stop.
“Of course then my second stop wasn’t good. I don’t know exactly what happened there but we’ll look into that," Verstappen said.
"So then you are even further behind but we were always like four seconds behind and with whatever we did wrong today, that’s just very costly.
“I don’t think we had the better pace but we could have done a better job with putting them a bit more under pressure and, yeah, we didn’t do it.”
Mercedes, who have been crowned 2020 Formula One world constructors champions, are placed at the top of the standings with an unassailable lead of 533 points.
They are followed by second-placed Red Bull and third-placed McLaren, who have accumulated 274 points and 171 points with two races left.
2020 Bahrain Grand Prix results
Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Runner-Up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull
Third-Place: Alexander Albon - Red Bull
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